JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Trevor Lawrence didn't have much to worry about the past several months.
No recovery from a shoulder injury. No change in the footwork he has used on his quarterback drops since he started playing the game. Nor did he have to learn another new offense.
All of which is why the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback has had the best spring of his six-year career.
"Last year [there was] a lot more to take in and your mind is racing a little bit because you're thinking about a lot," Lawrence said. "... It's just a lot calmer."
It's noticeable, especially to coach Liam Coen. He said Lawrence looked a lot like he did in the final seven games of last season when he threw 18 touchdown passes, rushed for four more, and turned the ball over only five times. The Jaguars won every game, claimed the AFC South title, and Lawrence ended up in MVP consideration (he finished fifth).
"He's got a very calm mind," Coen said. "He's able to just call a play, see it, visualize it, and then go and just play. Just go play. You're not thinking about your footwork. We're still coaching it, absolutely, but he's got such a grasp for it that you're hopeful that it allows him to just go be him and go be the best version of himself as we saw so much towards the back half of the last year and taking growth from that."